Nexus 10 or iPad 4?

[Aquila]

I'd like to get all three of the major tablet systems

What are the three tablet systems? iOS, Android and... Windows?

 

[flight]

What are the three tablet systems? iOS, Android and... Windows?

Yes indeed. I'm a big fan of tablets and would like to have an iPad, Nexus, and Surface. I also have an HP Touchpad and it's a shame that the line was dropped.

 

[dwd3885]

I stick by what I said in regards to video apps. While the N10 might be the better video watching device, HBO Go stutters on android tablets, no ABC Or CBS Apps. No History or Discovery, no Amazon Video either.

I also find the gaming experience superior on the ipad because more devs release their games first on iOS. Kingdom Rush Frontier just released today on iOS but not android. Other apps are like this too.

While I love my HTC One and Nexus 7, the ipad is the king of tablets for now. I hope that changes but its just true right now.

 

[JasW]

no Amazon Video either

Whoops, apparently you don't care too much about that one. If you did, you could have easily found out that Amazon Video is available on the N10 by using Firefox with Flash installed.

I gave my wife the iPad 3 last year. It's a great tab, but it's for people who don't mind having their hands held at gunpoint while being confined in a gorgeous garden with impossibly high walls.

 

[dwd3885]

Whoops, apparently you don't care too much about that one. If you did, you could have easily found out that Amazon Video is available on the N10 by using Firefox with Flash installed.

I gave my wife the iPad 3 last year. It's a great tab, but it's for people who don't mind having their hands held at gunpoint while being confined in a gorgeous garden with impossibly high walls.

I'll wager the Amazon Video experience is better with a dedicated app than with Firefox + Flash.

 

[Craig King]

Wouldn't a app like Plex or Playon take care of your media streaming concerns for dedicated apps.

 

[dwd3885]

Wouldn't a app like Plex or Playon take care of your media streaming concerns for dedicated apps.

Not really.

 

[Craig King]

Removed for later post that had more complete info

 

[jerrykur]

AirPlay is another huge advantage for IOS devices. Want to stream music to you household surround system? if it supports AirPlay you just push a button your IOS device and you have sound coming out of you AV receiver.

 

[Craig King]

AirPlay isn't an advantage. It is just one more a proprietary mess apple puts out that limits compatibility. DLNA is a much better option for open compatibility and a valid industry standard. Chances are any media player that supports DLNA can stream with just a few touches from any android device. Some devices may require a DLNA compliant player but allot of them already have one built in.

 

[Craig King]

Not really.

Well I just dig a bit deeper into the channels available in Plex, and low and behold came across all of the examples you mentioned above Including Amazon Prime content. I can't test the Amazon prime content though as I don't have an account. So at least for the media it leads me to believe that the difference isn't as great as you might be thinking.

 

[Allen Salyer]

Love My Nexus 10

 

[dwd3885]

Well I just dig a bit deeper into the channels available in Plex, and low and behold came across all of the examples you mentioned above Including Amazon Prime content. I can't test the Amazon prime content though as I don't have an account. So at least for the media it leads me to believe that the difference isn't as great as you might be thinking.

I don't have a Pc, so it won't work. I have a Mac

 

[Craig King]

I don't have a Pc, so it won't work. I have a Mac

Honestly I am confused by this comment. Do you think a PC is a requirement. If so, I would suggest you take a closer look at the product.
Plex media server can load on Windows, Mac, Linux and a select list of NAS Appliances
The plex client can work on a variety of systems as well. I can't see anything they left out actually
Plex also provides a DLNA Server as part of the app so that will take care of your home environment.

 

[JasW]

I'll wager the Amazon Video experience is better with a dedicated app than with Firefox + Flash.

Actually, videos from Amazon played in Firefox look terrific -- indeed, I just double checked my recollection of their quality by playing a couple of minutes of the same video in both Amazon via Firefox and the dedicated Netflix app. The quality of the Firefox Amazon video was vastly superior. I'll take all of your chips, thanks.

Dedicated apps are not always better. More convenient, yes.

Well I just dig a bit deeper into the channels available in Plex, and low and behold came across all of the examples you mentioned above Including Amazon Prime content. I can't test the Amazon prime content though as I don't have an account. So at least for the media it leads me to believe that the difference isn't as great as you might be thinking.

It doesn't work in Plex, or at least it doesn't for me. I've even looked in the Plex forums and have seen talk about it without much of a solution. Basically, you log in and you get to a screen that only has Preferences on it. You tap that, you're asked to log in again. Repeat ad infinitum. It's the same thing with the Netflix channel on Plex. Oddly enough, Hulu works just fine. (But of course there are dedicated Netflix and Hulu apps.) Firefox and Flash, as I indicate above, is a top notch solution for the problem of no Amazon Video app on Android.

 

[Craig King]

It doesn't work in Plex, or at least it doesn't for me. I've even looked in the Plex forums and have seen talk about it without much of a solution. Basically, you log in and you get to a screen that only has Preferences on it. You tap that, you're asked to log in again. Repeat ad infinitum. It's the same thing with the Netflix channel on Plex. Oddly enough, Hulu works just fine. (But of course there are dedicated Netflix and Hulu apps.) Firefox and Flash, as I indicate above, is a top notch solution for the problem of no Amazon Video app on Android.

That is a shame. I wish I could test it without getting a prime account. I thought I saw some stuff recently where they had success with Netflix. O well but it does for for the TV channnels mentioned. I have already tested a few of those.

Personally I hate the idea of all these apps for each content provider. Darn it let me have some way of consolidating the content so I don't have to search 10 different places for what I want to watch.

I would like to say that I don't believe your comment about Firefox and Flash being a solution though. I mean you are basically pushin a dead technology at this point right. Flash is completely removed from Google play and can only be side loaded at this point. Frankly for me, that just means using that as a requirement for content is a no go now. That is actually the main reason I have gotten familar with Plex. Basically I have been using Subsonic for years that streams audio and video from my Home Server, and once flash was no longer supported and viable, subsonic was obsolete as it's video streams is all flash based. I moved to plex because it streams video and audio without flash, so a huge improvment. Even though flash is usable, it is far from a solution to push to people.

 

[JasW]

That is a shame. I wish I could test it without getting a prime account. I thought I saw some stuff recently where they had success with Netflix. O well but it does for for the TV channnels mentioned. I have already tested a few of those.

Personally I hate the idea of all these apps for each content provider. Darn it let me have some way of consolidating the content so I don't have to search 10 different places for what I want to watch.

I would like to say that I don't believe your comment about Firefox and Flash being a solution though. I mean you are basically pushin a dead technology at this point right. Flash is completely removed from Google play and can only be side loaded at this point. Frankly for me, that just means using that as a requirement for content is a no go now. That is actually the main reason I have gotten familar with Plex. Basically I have been using Subsonic for years that streams audio and video from my Home Server, and once flash was no longer supported and viable, subsonic was obsolete as it's video streams is all flash based. I moved to plex because it streams video and audio without flash, so a huge improvment. Even though flash is usable, it is far from a solution to push to people.

Obviously, using Firefox with Flash to run Amazon Instant Video is not a solution, it's a workaround, and hopefully a temporary one. Using Amazon with Plex is also a workaround (or would be if it worked -- I'll need to keep looking into that). I would hope Amazon eventually puts out its own Android app, but I'm not going to hold my breath. For now, Firefox is fine.

I like the idea that Plex has all or most streaming apps, but I'm not sure that it's that much of an improvement over the separate apps. I keep all of my streaming apps -- Plex, Netflix, Hulu Plus, Crackle, Watch ESPN, Xfinity Player -- in the same row on my N10. I should probably just put them in a folder. Opening that folder would really be no different than opening Plex with those channels. I really only use Plex for two things -- streaming videos that are on my PC to whatever tablet or smartphone and streaming music that's on my PC to the home stereo.

 

[PlanetPluto7]

AirPlay is another huge advantage for IOS devices. Want to stream music to you household surround system? if it supports AirPlay you just push a button your IOS device and you have sound coming out of you AV receiver.

On Androids I use "Mediahouse" via HDMI or Google Play for videos from the play store. No problems. I also use wireless from some devices as my network is fast enough.

Music uses "Folder Player" usually as it will keep playing everything. All my music is on a file server though so that is easier to the stereos. The tablets and phone are big enough to hold all the music, less than 7Gb.

Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk HD

 

[eronfaure]

If I know what I know now I wouldn't get the Nexus 10. Just don't do it.

I've had it since March and haven't had anything but problems. FYI, I'm stock 4.2.2, Nova launcher.

Issues:

1) Crashes. All the time. Yes, I've done several factory resets and used it bare bones to see if it'd crash... and it does. I average about 1-2 crashes a day in about a 2 hour period of use.
2) Lags a lot.
3) When connected to a TV, there is a noticeable lag.
4) Battery life isn't great. Using it as a media device (which it's made to be) you can get a maximum of 7-8 hours if you're running crappy videos. If you want to run something that has good quality you can expect 4 hours.
5) It has tons of light bleed. If you don't have it yet, you will.

I've RMA'd it once and will try to do so again. I can't believe this thing has Google's stamp on it given the serious errors it has.

 

[xlDeMoNiClx]

If I know what I know now I wouldn't get the Nexus 10. Just don't do it.

I've had it since March and haven't had anything but problems. FYI, I'm stock 4.2.2, Nova launcher.

Issues:

1) Crashes. All the time. Yes, I've done several factory resets and used it bare bones to see if it'd crash... and it does. I average about 1-2 crashes a day in about a 2 hour period of use.
2) Lags a lot.
3) When connected to a TV, there is a noticeable lag.
4) Battery life isn't great. Using it as a media device (which it's made to be) you can get a maximum of 7-8 hours if you're running crappy videos. If you want to run something that has good quality you can expect 4 hours.
5) It has tons of light bleed. If you don't have it yet, you will.

I've RMA'd it once and will try to do so again. I can't believe this thing has Google's stamp on it given the serious errors it has.

Only thing I've had was the battery life but that's what happens when you have specs like the ones on the N10 plus a screen that amazing.